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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Manhattan Project (1986) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Manhattan Project (1986) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Manhattan Project (1986).
About the movie:
A teen and his girlfriend make an atomic bomb with plutonium stolen from a scientist dating his mother.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Manhattan Project (1986)?
a.
The Desert Song and the Cold War: The original refrain for The Riff Song includes the lines: "Ho!/Thats the sound that comes to warn you/So!/In the night or early morn, you know/If youre The Red Shadows foe/The Riffs will strike with a blow/That brings you woe!" In this remake, filmed in the early Fifties at the height of the Cold War and McCarthyism, the "Red Shadow" sounded uncomfortably like the Soviet and Chinese communists, so the lyrics were changed to "If youre El Khobars foe". When
Gordon MacRae
re-recorded the songs for the record album featuring Dorothy Kirsten as Margot, the original lyrics were restored.
b.
A promotional leaflet used to promote the film in Japan headlined the "Seven rules to receive 00 status". The Mi6 Fansite have it translated as: "1) You dont fear death, and wont give into torture 2) You have Olympic level shooting skills 3) Even if you double-cross your own parents, you will never double-cross the organization 4) You have knowledge that would surprise even a scholar, and a sense of humor that would make even a bad girl grin 5) You have the sociability of a lamb, but remain a lone wolf 6) You have the highest level of experience with alcohol, gambling, cars and food 7) You can fall in love but you can never love."
c.
Rather than just use a typical boom mike to pick up dialogue, director Altman had all the actors wear portable microphones to assist in creating overlapping dialogue. A technique he first developed during
A Wedding
and has used several times since.
d.
Dr. Matthewsons line, "fellow sons of bitches," is a reference to original Manhattan Project scientist Kenneth Bainbridge. Following the first successful test explosion of an atomic bomb on July 16, 1945, Bainbridge said to fellow project scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, "Now we are all sons of bitches."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Manhattan Project (1986)?
a.
Dean Martin
s agent approached
Howard Hawks
to consider his client for the role of the drunken deputy Dude. Hawks agreed to meet with Martin at 9:30 the next morning. When Hawks learned that Martin had done a show in Las Vegas until midnight, and hired a plane to fly him to the meeting, Hawks was so impressed that he simply sent Martin to get a costume and told him he had the part.
b.
The sanitation company where Carl and James work is called Shoreline Waste - their motto is "Your friendly efficient garbage experts".
c.
Copyright 1935, and the last
Warner Oland
entry NOT to feature Keye Luke.
d.
Several technicians are seen wearing shirts reading "Cayuga" on the back. Cayuga Productions was the name of
Rod Serling
s company that produced
The Twilight Zone
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Manhattan Project (1986)?
a.
At the very end when they stop the countdown, the timer reads 7:16:45. July 16, 1945 was the date of the Trinity test where the first Atomic bomb was detonated in New Mexico.
b.
Sparrow writes his book in King Edward Hotel. On the sign, the letters "OT" are flashing. Adding these together adds up to 35. "King" (K+I+N+G) = 41, and "EDWARD" (E+D+W+A+R+D) =55. Adding these numbers individually (3+5+4+1+5+5) = 23.
c.
Grayson Hall
was initially considered to play Natalie Woods mother.
d.
Michael Kamen
had originally been selected to compose the score. Schrader replaced him with
Christopher Young
shortly before the "exec screening" that had him replaced as director. For the final theatrical release,
Angelo Badalamenti
and
Trevor Rabin
are the credited composers.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Manhattan Project (1986)?
a.
All the baseball teams are identified by their city but never by their nicknames. Even the home team uniforms, which should have the team nicknames, list the city instead. The reason is because the commissioner of baseball, Happy Chandler, would not sanctioned the movie because of the cheating element in the movie. So 20th Century could not use the the name of the teams or even use cameo baseball player walk ons like the studio wanted to do.
b.
The real family had 6 boys and 6 girls.
c.
Bobby Vinton
played the middle brother, despite being four years older than
Patrick Wayne
.
d.
The main theme of the score is, fittingly, based on the Christmas carol "The First Noel".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Manhattan Project (1986)?
a.
Hannah serves Buzz tea from a Utah Teapot, a famous data model seen in countless computer animations.
b.
The High School used in the movie was actually not in Ithaca New York. The High School is Suffern High School in Suffern New York.
c.
After filming for a short time,
Terrence Malick
threw out the script altogether and filmed for a close to a year allowing the actors to "find the story" for the film as they went along.
d.
Peter Facinellis wife gave birth to their first child during the filming of this movie. His co-stars Breckin Meyer and Ethan Embry drove him to the airport when he found out she was in labor. The plane was delayed and he coached her through the birth over the phone.
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